Burnout syndrome

The work published here refers to the results of a study whose aim was to identify the degree to which the elements that distinguish Burnout Syndrome affect the work of teachers in public schools. The schools participating in the study have the characteristic of being located in places with high levels of violence in their surroundings, located in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In addition, we sought to describe the main physiological and psychological symptoms resulting from teaching in this context. Questionnaires were applied using a quantitative methodology, using a structured questionnaire adapted from the model used by Assis, (2006) based on the MBI - Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach and Jackson, 1981, 1986, 1996). In order to achieve the objective, questions were included relating to the physiological and psychological symptoms observed and the pressures resulting from the violence and insecurity present in the daily life of the schools surveyed.